19TH CENTURY

Details

A treen pipe tamper
19th century
Modelled with a squirrel clutching a nut, the conical-shaped tamp with chip carved geometric ornament
2¾in. (7cm.) long;
and another treen pipe tamper, 19th century, modelled with a boot, chip carved ornament to the conical-shaped tamp -- 2¾in. (7cm.) long (2)

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Lot Essay

COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:
Owen Evan-Thomas, Domestic Utensils of Wood, Stobart Davies, Hertford, republished 1992. Comparisons can be made with two tampers illustrated figures A and B., plate 44, page 111.

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